Washing-machine



(ModeL) M. SILVEUS. WASHING MACHINE. No. 264,781. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

m u m I n n a .5. m n n l l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL SILVEUS, OF TAYLORSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J AMES" CHANDLER, OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,781, dated. September 19, 1882.

Application filed April 19, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL SILVEUS, of Taylorsville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of'reference IO marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in washing-machines; and it has for its object to provide an apparatus whereby the clothes may be subjected to a thorough rub-' hing and agitation while in the water with convenience and ease and without tearing the said clothes, whereby they are expeditiously cleansed. These objects I attain by the devices and mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of my improved machine; Fig. 2, a detached perspective view of the dasher, and Fig. 3 a

horizontal section of the tub or vessel forming part of my invention.

The letterArepresentsaeylindrical or other shaped vessel, constructed of suitable material and of proper capacity. The said vessel is 0 provided with a lining, B, covering the sides and bottom,as indicated in Figs. land 3 of the drawings, the said lining being corrugated vertically on the sides and transversely on the bottom in intersecting lines, as indicated in 5 Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The letter C indicates the dasher, which consists of two flexible crossed arms, C, having depending agitators D at or near-their ends. These arms are rigidly connected by means of a vertical shat't,'E, journaled in bearings in 40 the top of the tub or vessel, the upper end of y the shaft being provided with a beveled cogwheel, F, which intermeshes with a cog-wheel, G, on a horizontal crankshaft, G, journaled in a bearing,H,on the top of the tub or vessel,

The operation of my invention will be readily understood in connection with the above description, and is as follows: The clothes are placed in the tub or vessel with water and a suitable detergent. They are then violently o agitated and thoroughly rubbed by rotating the dashcr, the crossed arms C yielding when the clothes become packed at any point, so as to prevent the agitators from injuring the same. The top is secured to the tub or vessel by means of books I and eyes K.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In combination with the tub or vessel and its corrugated lining, the flexible crossed arms having dependent agitators, the said arms being mounted on acentral shaft journaled in the top of the tub or vessel, and the gearing by which the arms and agitators are actuated, 65 substantially as set forth.

In testimony WhereofI affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of March, 1882.

MICHAEL SILVEUS.

Witnesses:

J. 0. MCBRIDE, GEO. B. UROOKER. 

